coule (kola)

[F., a slide, orig. pp. of couler, slide: see col an der.] In music: (a) A slur. ( b ) An ornament in harpsichord music; a kind of appoggiatura. Also called dash. 6 (c) A gliding step in dancing. coulée (kö-lā'), n. [F., orig. pp. fem. of couler, flow, filter: see colander.] 1. A dry ravine or gulch; a channel worn by running water in times of exce ive rainfall or by the sudden melting of the snow. It is a word frequently heard in Montana, Dakota, and the adjacent regions, and is a relic of the former temporary occupation of that part of the country by the employees of the Hudson's Bay Company. Also coulee, coulie. council The deep coulees or ravines that, cutting through the rounded spurs of the hills, run down to the edge of the trail. Harper's Mag . , LXXI. 192. of lava-flows. 2. A flow: used principally, by some geologists, couleur (kö-ler'), n. [F., color: see color, n.] 1. In the game of solo, a name for any selected suit of cards, bids in which are of twice as much value as in any other suit.-2. In the game of ombre, a suit composed of spades. - Couleur de rose [F.: couleur, color; de, We are not disposed to draw a picture couleur de rose of the condition of our people, any more than we are willing to accept our author's silhouette en noir. W. R. Greg, Misc. E ays, 2d ser., p. 143. couli e (kö-lēs'), n . [F., a groove, slide, side scene, running-string, etc., couler , glide, slide: see cullis2 .] 1. A piece of channeled or grooved timber, as one of the slides in which the side scenes of a theater run, the upright post of a flood-gate or sluice, etc. See cullis2. Hence -2. One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes. Capable of nothing higher than couli es and cigars, private theatricals and white kid gloves. Kingsley. 3. A flute or groove on the blade of a sword. coullart, n. A medieval military engine, apparently an early form of bombard. couloir (kö-lwor'), n. [F., couler , glide, slide, run: see colander .] A steeply ascending gorge or gully: applied especially to gorges near the Alpine summits. Our noble couloir , which led straight up into the heart of the mountain for fully one you sand feet. E. Whymper. coulomb (kö-lom'), n . [From C. A. de Coulomb , a French physicist (1736-1806).] The unit of quantity in measurements of current electricity; the quantity furnished by a current of one ampere in one second. See ampere . The name of coulomb is to be given to the unit of quantity, called in these le ons "one weber." S. P. Thompson , Elect. and Mag., p. 410. coulomb-meter (kö-lom'mē"tėr), n. An instrument for measuring in coulombs the quantity of electricity which pa es through a conductor in a given time. One form of the instrument is based upon the amount of electrolytic action, as in depositing metallic copper from copper sulphate, performed by a branch current which is a known fraction of the main current in use.